Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Are we Saints fans still expected to pay into yet another pre-season so called glamour friendly with Sunderland??? So in fact we've paid for Sammy's compensation deal, sounds like yet another crackpot scheme from our illustrious board. Jack Ross should be dipping into his well lined pockets to pay for all of us to attend this dross, even then I'd probably find a better way to spend my time.

Link to post

Share on other sites

Absolute piece of nonsense the whole thing. Samson has a contract with us and it’s November! Yes he wanted to go but we need him right now and our board aren’t even strong enough to say “no you can wait until January”!

All this “it was in everyone’s interest” is a load of rubbish. How exactly is it in our interest to let our keeper go in November???? Same with all the “it’s an opportunity he couldn’t turn down”. It’s not up to Samson in mid Nov to say yes or no to any other club!

If Samson was unhappy at us not letting him go until Jan then so be it. He couldn’t expect to walk out in his club when it’s not even a transfer window so we wouldn’t have been doing anything abnormal in telling Sunderland to wait until Jan. instead what we’ve done is the abnormal and absolutely insane in our current position.

Just another example of us getting taken for a bunch of mugs and showing we’re run like amateurs. No other Scottish premier club would have shot themselves in the foot like this.

it also makes me wonder if Kearney has any say on anything going on at the club. First he’s landed with Gus and now this. Just seems to be a puppet figure

Can’t believe more fans aren’t angry about this!!

Didn't we sign Danny Mullen on an emergency loan between transfer windows on the understanding the deal would become permanent when the January window opened?

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Absolute piece of nonsense the whole thing. Samson has a contract with us and it’s November! Yes he wanted to go but we need him right now and our board aren’t even strong enough to say “no you can wait until January”!

All this “it was in everyone’s interest” is a load of rubbish. How exactly is it in our interest to let our keeper go in November???? Same with all the “it’s an opportunity he couldn’t turn down”. It’s not up to Samson in mid Nov to say yes or no to any other club!

If Samson was unhappy at us not letting him go until Jan then so be it. He couldn’t expect to walk out in his club when it’s not even a transfer window so we wouldn’t have been doing anything abnormal in telling Sunderland to wait until Jan. instead what we’ve done is the abnormal and absolutely insane in our current position.

Just another example of us getting taken for a bunch of mugs and showing we’re run like amateurs. No other Scottish premier club would have shot themselves in the foot like this.

it also makes me wonder if Kearney has any say on anything going on at the club. First he’s landed with Gus and now this. Just seems to be a puppet figure

Can’t believe more fans aren’t angry about this!!

Can’t believe so many of our fans are acting like immature little children like their mum has just taken away their favourite toy.

We took Mullen from a close rival fighting for promotion last year before the January transfer window but this isn’t even a player transfer he’s retired at 34 obviously taking his future into acccount for the next 25+ years.

In an ideal world I’m pretty sure sammy would have wished to at least play till the end of the season then go and retire from playing but this is simply an opportunity he couldn’t turn down they don’t come around very often for guys like him he could so easily end up in part time football at the end of the year.

It’s certainly not ideal for us at all but football aside I’m delighted for the big guy great opportunity for him and his family.

If the club decided it was best for all to happen the now then that’s their decision I’m pretty sure they are in a better position to decide that than any of us.

I wish the big ginger ninja all the best and am grateful for the league cup and last years memories there will be no bitterness from me.

And also in jack Ross case he’s got a job to do getting in people he trust in that are right for the jobs he needs, think we are all pretty aware of how getting a real snake of a coach in like tommy Craig can affect a club.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

My immediate reaction when the news broke was one of incredulity. My second reaction was to ask who made the decision to let him go now. My third was to think of the nonsense that has gone on since the Championship was won. My final thought was to wish big Craig Well. He has a family to care for and this is, on paper, a good move for him.

We know now that the ultimate decision to release Craig now was by Oran and that he considered this to be in the interests of the team and the club.

Clearly ,compensation has been paid and a friendly agreed. I was a fan of Sammy but this now let's Oran choose his own goalkeeper and continue to build his own team with loyalties to him and the club over the next 18 months or so.

The rebuild continues. Note to Jack Ross. Should you come calling again bring a very large cheque. As for this move. It's a done deal. Over and out.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Hillcoat was nowhere near as good as Ludo but did an adequate job. Can we not offload Ryan Flynn, Ian McShane, Danny Mullan, Paul McGinn, Ryan Edwards etc to Sunderland that would reeeaaaaallllly help us out Mr Ross.

It’s telling that 4 of those names are JR signings and only 1 is a Stubbs signing....

Share on other sites

It shouldn’t have been up to Samson to decide if he was going or not. We as a club fighting for our lives should’ve told him he was staying until at least January.

If we denied a move until January, Sunderland wouldn't have hung around and said that's fine, they would have just found someone else to fill the spot. On the other side Sammy would have missed out on a big opportunity and that could have left us with a very unhappy goalie.

Link to post

Share on other sites

If we denied a move until January, Sunderland wouldn't have hung around and said that's fine, they would have just found someone else to fill the spot. On the other side Sammy would have missed out on a big opportunity and that could have left us with a very unhappy goalie.